GOOD NEWS-TORONTO:

TORONTO HOUSING WILLING TO NEGOTIATE IN YEN TANG CASE:

The other day Molly reported on a planned action on the part of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) in support of Toronto public housing tenant Yen Tang. Just this evening we have received news from OCAP that Toronto Housing has expressed their willingness to negotiate in this matter. therefore the OCAP action planned for tomorrow has been suspended for the time being. The notice from OCAP follows. It seems that the City of Toronto really didn't want this publicity. I logged no less than 10 visits to this blog from them on this matter today. I can only imagine how many times they visited the OCAP site. Here's the notice.

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TCHC Action for Thursday not needed now~‏
To those who were planning to come out to support Toronto Housing tenant, Yen Tang, the housing authority has contacted us with an offer to resolve the matter and Yen and an OCAP rep will be meeting with them shortly. Acting on Yen's wishes, we are not going to hold this action but will reset it should it prove necessary.

Although we did not need to mobilize to confront TCH over this case, our preparations to do so are what brought the good result.